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  2. Trumpeter swan - Wikipedia

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    Trumpeter swan pair in Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary. Trumpeter swan courtship in Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge. Like other swans, trumpeter swans often mate for life, and both parents participate in raising their young, but primarily the female incubates the eggs. Most pair bonds are formed when swans are 5 to 7 years old, although ...

  3. Swan - Wikipedia

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    A familiar behaviour of swans is that they mate for life, and typically bond even before they reach sexual maturity. Trumpeter swans, for example, can live as long as 24 years and only start breeding at the age of 4–7, forming monogamous pair bonds as early as 20 months. [23] "

  4. Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

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    The elegant trumpeter swan is North America's largest waterfowl, with a wingspans of 8 feet (2.6 m) and they can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg). Whooping cranes. The elevation of the refuge ranges from 6,600 feet (2,000 m) to almost 10,000 feet (3,000 m) and consists of 65,810.25 acres (266.32 km 2) [1] of high elevation prairie and forested ...

  5. List of largest birds - Wikipedia

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    Migrating trumpeter swans are the largest waterfowl. The largest of the accipitrine hawks is the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) of temperate Eurasia. They range in size variably, but on average measure 53–64 cm (21–25 in) in length, have a wingspan of 103–117 cm (3.38–3.84 ft) and weigh 0.63–1.4 kg (1.4–3.1 lb). [54]

  6. List of Anseriformes - Wikipedia

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    Cygnus olor (Gmelin 1789) (mute swan) LC †C. o. bergmanni Serebrovsky 1940; C. o. olor (Gmelin 1789) Subgenus (Wagler 1832) †Cygnus mariae Bickart 1990 †Cygnus csakvarensis Lambrecht 1933 †Cygnus falconeri Parker 1865 sensu Livezey 1997a (Giant Maltese swan) †Cygnus verae Boev 2000; Cygnus buccinator Richardson 1831 (trumpeter swan) LC

  7. Deer hunting limits may increase; trumpeter swans may be ...

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    Trumpeter swans depend on high-quality wetland habitats throughout the year, and face continued threats, including habitat loss and lead poisoning. ztuggle@gannett.com. 419-564-3508.

  8. Anatidae - Wikipedia

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    The ducks, geese, and swans are small- to large-sized birds with a broad and elongated general body plan. [2] Diving species vary from this in being rounder. Extant species range in size from the cotton pygmy goose, at as little as 26.5 cm (10.5 in) and 164 g (5.8 oz), to the trumpeter swan, at

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